Obituaries:  Mary Elizabeth Dowden, Sabine, Vernon Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 8, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mary Elizabeth Dowden

  Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dowden, 94, of Anacoco, died in
Many Monday, Nov. 5, at 12:25 a.m., following an extended
illness.

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Loma Moore of Terrell,
Tex., and Mrs. Elsie Chance of Anacoco; one son, Cleo Alford of
Florien; a sister, Mrs. Alda Watts of Natchitoches; 14
grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; 11 great-great
grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

  Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m., in the
Hornbeck Bible Baptist Church. The Rev. Robert Graham, and the
Rev. E. W. Lord officiated. Burial followed in the Toro Cemetery,
under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Gene Alford, Billy Alford, Robert Alford,
Travis Alford, Raymond Alford, and Rodger Chance.